As a glossy, moving tribute to the men that served, it works very well. No-one could doubt the individual acts of heroism and brotherhood scattered throughout the war. But surely the makers owe these guys a balanced representation of the bigger picture?
The tribute is diminished somewhat by the unnecessary pro-American overkill. So we are treated to faceless Germans behaving like the Marx brothers and Brits lazily portrayed as incompetent footnotes to history. Even the European resistance fighters are treated with faint disdain. Issues such as the US's non-involvement during the first few years of the war and the massive British/ non-American losses are either ignored or tagged on as a magnanimous after-thought, at the end of the episode.
I suppose what Im saying is, where is the respect? Plenty for the square-jawed, handsome good-guys (ie. Americans) but not an awful lot left over for anyone else... I'm not sure what the genuine good-guys would have made of that.
The tribute is diminished somewhat by the unnecessary pro-American overkill. So we are treated to faceless Germans behaving like the Marx brothers and Brits lazily portrayed as incompetent footnotes to history. Even the European resistance fighters are treated with faint disdain. Issues such as the US's non-involvement during the first few years of the war and the massive British/ non-American losses are either ignored or tagged on as a magnanimous after-thought, at the end of the episode.
I suppose what Im saying is, where is the respect? Plenty for the square-jawed, handsome good-guys (ie. Americans) but not an awful lot left over for anyone else... I'm not sure what the genuine good-guys would have made of that.